Backstage with Hall and Oates as their tour with Train heads to Michigan

Are Hall and Oates thinking about retirement? That's just one of the questions we asked one of the most successful music duos in music history while on tour with Train.

We caught up the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers who will be at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Sunday, May 20 and at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids on Sunday, July 15, 2018.

So how will this concert tour with Train be different than your usual hits-filled shows?

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So how will this concert tour with Train be different than your usual hits-filled shows?

Daryl Hall: "Train is going to come on. Then we're going to do our show. Then we're going to do a half hour together. It will sort of be like a 'Live from Daryl's house' situation. That's what it will be like every night on this tour."

Is there anything either of you haven't done yet in the music world? A music cruise? Vegas residency?

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Is there anything either of you haven't done yet in the music world? A music cruise? Vegas residency?

Daryl Hall: "I don't look at it as ok, here's something else I could do. I have no desire to do a residency. I won't say I won't do one, I just don't have the desire. I'm just trying to expand and do different kinds of things. I've done TV shows about house building. I'm working on solo records. Oates and I get together. We do some Hall and Oates stuff and we do a lot of other things that don't have anything to do with that. It's a little more fulfilling that way. We're not just recording and touring."

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John Oates: "There's not any kind of accomplishment I'm looking for. That's not important to me at this point. Really, what I look for is to write a better song. Playing better. Singing better. Making a better record. That's what I want to do."

"If I have a legacy as I get older, if that's what it's going to be, I want to have a legacy of just making the best music I can make and having people say the guy did some good stuff. That's good enough for me."

You've both played Michigan and Detroit many times. Anything that sticks out to you from your time here?

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You've both played Michigan and Detroit many times. Anything that sticks out to you from your time here?

John Oates: "Detroit was one of the first places we got popular. The very fact we came from that R & B tradition with Detroit having such that incredible Motown tradition, we just always felt very comfortable in Detroit. It always seemed like the Detroit fans really got us."

"I remember one of the first shows we played there at the old Masonic Temple was an incredible show. And then playing Cobo Hall back in the day. Even shows in the old Pine Knob. Those shows were amazing. We made a lot of good friends. We hung out in Detroit a lot over the years. It's always been a hot spot whenever we tour."